1. THE ATOMIC AGE, 1945-1960 World Politics Transformed

2. EUROPE PROSTRATE New Superpowers Mutual Mistrust Origins of the Cold War: frictions in… German zones of occupation Austrian zones of occupation Communism in Poland Communism in Hungary Communism in Czechoslovakia

3. U.S. RESPONSE 1947 Containment Truman Doctrine U.S. Marshall Plan Heavy spending on the military

4. SOVIET RESPONSE… 1948-1949 Soviet troops blockade Berlin U.S. airlifts provisions to Berliners… 1949: Western democracies form NATO Soviet bloc establishes COMECON USSR tests first nuclear weapon Spy mania in the U.S…

5. HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR 1949: Mao comes to power in China 1950-1953: Korean War – the “forgotten war” 1950-1954: Joseph McCarthy leads hunt for American communists

6. “THE THAW” 1953: Stalin dies 1956: Khrushchev’s “Secret Speech” Two “crises under control” 1961: Berlin Wall erected 1962: Cuban missile crisis

7. REBIRTH OF WESTERN EUROPE Britain: near-bankruptcy and rationing France: Liberation and the punishment of collaborators Germany: Staggering destruction and reconstruction

8. ECONOMIC MIRACLE Rebuilding infrastructure – transportation, communications, industrial capacity Food and consumer goods more plentiful Demand for automobiles, washing machines, vacuum cleaners Migration of “guest workers” Astonishing 8% annual growth rates

9. POLITICAL MIRACLE The “six” sign the Treaty of Rome 1957 Pooling resources to create a common market Forerunners: - The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) - Atomic Energy (Euratom)

11. THE WELFARE STATE East and West, policies of amelioration State-funded social security plans family allowances, health-care and medical benefits Decreasing housing shortage Better work conditions and more leisure time for workers Women in the workforce? Subsidizing women at home?

12. DECOLONIZATION 1945-1962 British decolonization: India Sub-saharan Africa French decolonization Indochina Algeria Sub-Saharan Africa

14. CULTURAL LIFE Existentialism Abstract Art Race and Human Rights: the 1948 UDHR Rising consumerism: the word “…design” Visual culture: television and glossy magazines Mass tourism

15. MILITARY ALLIANCES IN EUROPE NATO members Warsaw pact members